GENERAL INDEX. 
639 
Pikeniers Kloof. 88. 
Pine trees 25, 24, 25. II. 124. 
Pintado, or Guinea-fowl 364. 
II. 281. 346. 426. 
Pipe ; used by the Bushmen for 
calling their companions. 11.24. 
of the Bachapins. See 
Lichaaka. 
Pipe-stone, a kind of stone of 
which tobacco-pipes are made. 
II. 526. 
Piquet-berg; a high mountain in 
the Cape Colony 130. 
Pisang: Wilde (Wild Plantain) 
Strelitzia augusta. 24. II. 259. 
Pitch-stone 334. 
Pltsa. See Piitsa. 
Pitsi. See Piitsi. 
Pitfalls, made by the Bushmen for 
catching wild animals. 586. 
405. II. 41. 
Planets; an hypothesis respecting 
their heat 497. 
Plantain: Wild. See Pisang. 
Plants : remarks on the hardiness 
of 255. 
— — — an instance of their eifects 
on a landscape 305. 
' one mistaken for a stone. 
310. 
European. See, Natu- 
ralized. 
— exotic 22. 
dried : Collections of. viii. 
18. 46. 245. 293. 511. 550. 
^— • cr3'ptogamic, and phaeno- 
gamous ; remarks on their dis- 
semination 61. 11. 209. 
primitive location of. 
II. 209. 
minute : a mode of detect- 
ing them II. 335. 
Platje, a Hottentot in the author's 
service, hired at Graaffreynet : 
illegal attempts to detain him. 
II. 162. 
desirous of taking his wife 
and children with him, on the 
journey II. 180. 
his excuse for timidity. 
II. 410. 
his excessive fear at Lita- 
kun II. 422. 
' prevaricates in his evidence. 
II. 469. 
Platte-klip 40. 48. 
Pldtte KJoof. 89. 
Plattekop (Flat-head), a fish caught 
in the Gariep 326. 425. 
Platte-lens, a kind of linchpin. 
149. 
Pl^ttenberg's Baaken ; the north- 
easternmost point of the Cape 
Colony. 530,551.564. 11.124. 
. Bay 50. 
Ploughs : the kind used in the 
Colony 565. 
Plover 344. 502. 548. 
■ the Armed ; a new and re- 
markable species ... 346. 502. 
Plover: the Long-legged 285. 
Pof-Adder, a venomous serpent. 
469. 
Poison used by the Bushmen for 
their arrows (see also Arrows). 
192. 
drinkers, fortified against 
the bites of serpents and 
wound of arrows 11.331. 
bulb, the Gift-bol of the 
Dutch Colonists.... 539.541. 
Pokoje, a part of the Bichuana 
dress II. 519. 
Pole of a waggon : the wood best 
adapted for it 177. 
Polecat ; a species of II. 592. 
Politeness : its existence among 
savages II. 557. 
Polygamy among the Half-Hotten- 
tots 557. 
Bushmen. 11.60. 
Bichuanas. II. 
372. 440. 455. 512. 
Pond Station ; behind the Snow- 
Mountains II. 110. 
Pont, or ferry-boat 140. 178. 
Poort, an opening through moun- 
tains 41. 207. 
egaal ; in the Roggeveld. 
261. 
Poplars introduced from Europe, 
have become common in all 
parts of the Cape Colony. 102. 
178. II. 124. 
Population of the Cape Colony. 
77. II. 144. 
of Litakun II. 515. 
of the Bachapin tribe. 
II. 533. 
Poppy; a new species of. 318. 
Porcupine (see also Yzer-vark). 
II. 76. 
Porphyry 398. II. 215. 
Portraits : remarks on. II. 561, 562. 
Portuguese Settlements on the 
western coast : the time sup- 
posed necessary for a journey 
thither, from the Cape of 
Good Hope 350. 
Post, often detained by rivers. 94. 
to Stellenbosch 146. 
to Graaffreynet. 76. II. 143. 
Potatoes first introduced among 
the Bichuanas II. 588. 
Pots manufactured at Litakun. 
II. 594. 
Potstone : a species of. II. 3 1 1 . 526. 
Poverty Kraal. II. 57. 40. 205. 205. 
Pramberg 500. 
Prayer proved by its effects. II. 168. 
Prejudices of different nations, re- 
lative to food and taste. 11.32. 
against blacks. II. 101. 
Presents to the Chiefs, hints re- 
specting them II. 599. 
Pretorius : Cobus : his oxen stolen. 
II. 197. 
Prisoners of war among the Bacha- 
pins II. 555. 
Pronunciation of Dutch words. 
15. 86, 87. 
of the Dutch con- 
sonants 531. 
of the Kora and 
Hottentot languages. II. 252. 
of Sichuana words 
(see also Sichuana). II. 296. 
585. 
Protractor : the place of one sup- 
plied 155. 
Provisions : difficulty of obtaining 
them in Bichuania. II. 414. 
488. 
Pudding-stone 398. II. 10. 
Puff-Adder 469. 
Pukoghe, or Pukoje, or Pukoli, a 
part of the Bichuana dress. 
II. 319. 572. 412. 570 
Pumpkins.... 114. 195. 366. II. 7. 
587. 
Punishments among the Bachapins. 
II. 431. 544. 
Purslane, found growing wild in 
the Transgariepine 545. 
Pyk-klip. See Pipe-stone. 
Pyrites of iron : cubic 202. 
Pyramid (or Obelisk) Pass. II. 45. 
Q. 
Qua, a Hottentot termination ; ex- 
plained 345. II. 305. 
Quadrupeds: collection of. See, 
British Museum. 
Quagga (Dutch orthogr.) see more 
properly, Quakka. 
Quakka, or Kwakka: its specific 
character, distinguishing it 
from the Zebra, which is also 
called Quakka 139. 
or Zebra (see also Zebra) 
remarks on the taste of the 
meat 280. II. 85. 258. 
two shot, and a skin pre- 
served 452. 
a foal caught, and remarks 
on the possibility of taming 
it 486. 
often associate with 
ostriches II. 315. 
frequently seen and shot 
for food. 280. 287. 420. II. 42. 
81. 90. 94. 98. 184. 275. 
Station ... II. 85, 84. 190. 
Quarterly Review. See p. 1 — 4. 
appended to Vol. I. 
Wantrouw's 
works, to be properly recom- 
mended in it 384. 
Quartz rocks... 506. 542. II. 240. 
Quince trees .... 119, II. 145. 280. 
R. 
Races: Horse; at Cape Town. 27. 
of Man: considerations on 
their origin II. 549. 
